Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
दद्याद्धूपं पुरो देवि ततो देवस्य चागुरुम् । वस्त्रैः संपूज्य विविधैरात्मवित्तानुसारतः
dadyāddhūpaṃ puro devi tato devasya cāgurum | vastraiḥ saṃpūjya vividhairātmavittānusārataḥ
ഹേ ദേവീ, ആദ്യം ധൂപം അർപ്പിക്കണം; തുടർന്ന് ദേവനു സുഗന്ധമുള്ള അഗരു സമർപ്പിക്കണം. സ്വന്തം ശേഷിയനുസരിച്ച് വിവിധ വസ്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ പൂജിക്കണം.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Somnātha in Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (explicit vocative) and pilgrim audience
Scene: Incense smoke curls before the liṅga; a priest offers aguru chips on embers; folded garments are presented on a tray; the sanctum glows through fragrant haze.
FAQs
True worship is both reverent and realistic—performed with sincerity and in proportion to one’s capacity.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the pūjā-vidhi for Mṛtyuñjayeśa.
Offering dhūpa (incense), aguru (aloeswood fragrance), and presenting garments as upacāras according to one’s means.